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(07-02-2018, 09:39 AM)timc Wrote: I remember a few years back there being a program (Blue W) where local businesses could sign up to offer free water for filling bottles. I don't know if that exists anymore.

It definitely still does; watch for that symbol by the door of coffee shops and small restaurants.

(07-02-2018, 08:50 AM)Canard Wrote: Is there a public drinking fountain anywhere in the Region of Waterloo?

In my exploration over the last few years, especially on hot days, I don’t believe I’ve ever come across one.

The only ones I know of are in Kitchener City Hall by the washrooms.

If you want to include fountains at indoor public places there are probably nearly a hundred more in the city, basically every community centre, shopping malls often have something near the washrooms, sports facilities, all the other city halls, I'd argue the Universities are more or less open to the public, and every building there has fountains, I would guess the same would be true for some of the colleges as well.

But I think these are .... slightly different from having a fountain in a public park. Certainly the maintenance requirements have proven to be.

I haven't seen any public fountains in WR, although I have seen some in other places, I'm trying to remember where, I think maybe Stratford and also in St. Marys. But they certainly are rare.

I think there's one in Waterloo Park, either around the zoo or the splash pad or maybe the bathrooms in between with the sings. Perhaps all three? There is infrastructure in all those locations already, so having a water fountain isn't much more of a burden.

(07-03-2018, 01:10 PM)robdrimmie Wrote: I think there's one in Waterloo Park, either around the zoo or the splash pad or maybe the bathrooms in between with the sings. Perhaps all three? There is infrastructure in all those locations already, so having a water fountain isn't much more of a burden.

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